A festival of zine culture and independent arts, Canzine West is at Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 West Hastings St., Vancouver) on Saturday, November 8, 2014, 1-7pm. $5 admission.

Featured events include LA cartoonist Mimi Pond speaking about her New York Times bestseller Over Easy, a panel discussion about zines as political tools in the digital age, and the Giant Zine and Small Press Fair where hundreds of publications are on display and for sale.

Registration is now open if you have work to display or you’d like to join the 1-2 Punch Book Pitch where, in front of a crowing crowd, you get two minutes to pitch your book to a panel of judges.